BH FEDERATION & SERB ENTITY SIGN PROTOCOL ON POLICE COOPERATION

( Editorial: --> 8716 ) SARAJEVO/BANJA LUKA, June 3 (Hina) - The interior ministers of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republika Srpska signed a protocol on police cooperation in Banja Luka on Wednesday. The protocol was signed in the presence of the head of the U.N. Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Elizabeth Rehn, and International Police Task Force (IPTF) Commissioner Richard Monk. The Federation Interior Minister Mehmed Zilic, his deputy Jozo Leutar and Republika Srpska Interior Minister Milovan Stankovic, who held the meeting behind closed doors, told reporters that the document they had signed envisaged cooperation between the two interior ministries in securing freedom of movement, personal safety of citizens from all parts of the country, cooperation in fighting crime and the exchange of information. Federation Interior Minister Zilic said today's agreement created possibilities for the solution of other open questions from the area of interior affairs. (hina) rml 032142 MET jun 98